{"id":5596,"date":"2025-05-16T14:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/?p=5596"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:24:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:24:50","slug":"congratulations-2025-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/2025\/05\/congratulations-2025-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations 2025 Graduates!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5598 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2025\/05\/UNC_5566.jpg\" alt=\"Group of 37 Speech and Hearing graduates wearing cap and gown standing on the stairs in the MBRB Building lobby.\" width=\"279\" height=\"224\" \/>The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences celebrated their 55th Annual Student Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at the Medical Biomolecular Research Building auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5597 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2025\/05\/UNC_5552.jpg\" alt=\"Group of 10 Audiology graduates in cap and gown standing on the stairs in the MBRB building.\" width=\"214\" height=\"268\" \/>The ceremony included recognition of clinical preceptors Shannon Culbertson, AuD and Emory Roper, M.S., CCC-SLP. Followed by the presentation of degree candidates and student reflections.<\/p>\n<p>48 candidates were recognized on Saturday including: 1 candidate for Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Speech Hearing Sciences; 10 candidates for Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) in Clinical Audiology; and 37 candidates for\u00a0Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech-Language Pathology.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the Class of 2025!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences celebrated their 55th Annual Student Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at the Medical Biomolecular Research Building auditorium. The ceremony included recognition of clinical preceptors Shannon Culbertson, AuD and Emory Roper, M.S., CCC-SLP. 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